Example sentences of "[subord] i [vb past] they [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had to direct my words to the teachers , so I said they were like cardinals because they were the hinges on which the new South Africa would turn . |
| 2 | If I thought they were doing anything wrong to Lesley I could n't say anything because she 'd get it , I would n't get it . |
| 3 | What if I said they were just playing at being drop-outs ? |
| 4 | ‘ I was a swine to my parents for years , until I realised they were only doing the best and — the shock of it ! — that they were human too ! ’ |
| 5 | The dark fields in front of the castle were covered in what seemed to be pinpricks of light until I realised they were men carrying torches , streaming towards the main gate . |
| 6 | They have they not Cos I thought they were going to buy some of these drilling machines . |
| 7 | Cos I thought they were doing some . |
| 8 | I did n't think he 'd be cooking tonight cos I knew they were n't shutting the |
| 9 | cos I knew they were coming . |
| 10 | I did n't like to call out because I knew they were busy getting lunch . |
| 11 | And I thought they were going to the meeting er on Friday because I knew they were both off |
| 12 | ‘ I was shocked in the sense that I knew what inspectors could do , but I was n't worried because I thought they were just wasting their time . ’ |
| 13 | At first she did not let them in ‘ because I thought they were drunks from the pub next door ’ . |
| 14 | To tell you the truth , before I went to prison I used to meet people who had been to prison and I did n't want to talk to them because I thought they were funny . |
| 15 | We were using it for drunk driving offenders and repeat traffic offenders , not so much because I felt they were the only people who were appropriate for it , but because we wanted to make sure we started with a group who were not likely to get into major trouble should the project not work out . |
| 16 | In fact er just before I retired they were saying , you know , my job 's obsolete and that , and then and says oh we 're opening up a big depot in Japan . |
| 17 | So I used to encourage his own poetry , and his ideas for poetic themes , even when I knew they were poor or did not interest me . |
| 18 | So I was wrong when I thought they were fantastically healthy and a good advert for the Jungle . |
| 19 | They 've been in touch with the undertaker and when I left they were arguing about the funeral . ’ |
| 20 | But his questions were at once crucifying me as much as I knew they were of help . |
| 21 | It was a pity Wallace got injured when he did as I thought they were begining to hit it off together . |
| 22 | Things are not as safe as I thought they were . |
| 23 | When Bill and Kevin and I looked at how we could cope with appraisal in our division , the numbers did n't work out as badly at least as I thought they were going to originally . |
| 24 | He might say " Things are exactly as I said they are " . |
| 25 | Er n back to these snaps that erm John takes but as I said they 're pictures of the rooms before he alters them , before he puts in a new decor , th the upholstery , furnishings and the erm |
| 26 | as I said they 're all little letters S A I D , said |